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Tom Hanks, The New Yorker — and Electric Cars

Revenge of the Electric Car

Boyer, in his otherwise spot-on piece about the car industry, assumes that I once leased G.M.’s However, by the time I began shopping for an all-electric car, in 2003, the EV1 had already been yanked from showrooms as if the car had never existed. ’ Read the full letter here : RE: THE ROAD AHEAD. A letter in response to Peter J.

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Tom Hanks on his electric car

Plugs and Cars

Boyer, in his otherwise spot-on piece about the car industry, assumes that I once leased G.M.’s However, by the time I began shopping for an all-electric car, in 2003, the EV1 had already been yanked from showrooms as if the car had never existed. RE: THE ROAD AHEAD A letter in response to Peter J.

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Interview with Chris Paine in the Whole Life Times

Revenge of the Electric Car

Paine was one of the first to lease a General Motors EV1 in 1997 — only to get the car wrenched away from him five years later when he took it in simply to get a brake light fixed. Paine followed the plight of his EV1 to its (literally) crushing end. Paine followed the plight of his EV1 to its (literally) crushing end.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Facebook Digg Reddit Newsvine More evidence that we are approaching an exciting new frontier in the automotive industry will be on display today on Capitol Hill. Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. Right Now can be seen here. Yep, a truck.

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MAEAA Web Links

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

FordFestiva : Brian has a new project going GM/SaturnEV-1 : EV1 owner GM/SaturnEV-1 : Dave and Jeans Chronicles. PlymouthHorizon : RLewits Home Page, car was for sale but he sold it. FordExpress : Svein Medhus has the first EV conversion in Norway. Ford Fiesta :Interesting English conversion. HondaAccord : Bob Taylors conversion.